Monthly Archives: June 2014

What a hectic couple of weeks we have had! From Radcot (where Bob went for a bit of a walk and surprisingly found a pub while Bron wrote the last post!!) we went the remaining distance to Lechlade and moored by the field where the cattle were grazing. They were very enthusiastic about investigating all…

What beautiful weather we have had to do the dash up the Thames River as far as we can go before returning in time to attend Bob’s eye specialist appointment in London on the 18th June. After several lovely days in Abingdon where we replaced the gearbox, repacked the stern gland, met the wonderful Julia…

Not sure if the gods are smiling on us or frowning! But we are still smiling…. After a rather long day on Monday we made our way upstream of Wallingford and yet again moored in the trees. This reminded us of our trips on the Murray in Smiley where we would find a couple of…

How bloody exciting!!!! We were both really looking forward to cutting the umbilical cord which was the familiarity of the K&A and venturing forth into the mighty Thames River. Sounds a bit dramatic but we didn’t dream this big and come this far to feel stuck in one canal on this massive system, knowing it…